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Originally Posted by Pavel
I read this thread and again and again am sure, that never buy any CsW with any ancestor from countries, which have no rules for breeding. Is many puppy mills and I must say, that am include to this group Edit's kenel as well. Breeding without rules is a cancer, which destroy a breed of our beautiful dogs.
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I understand what you're saying here.. it is this way in the USA. There are no requirements for health testing, maximum litters, minimum/maximum age, or titling. There isn't any requirement to get your dog vet care besides having to have rabies shot. It is not illegal in some states to shoot and kill your dog, as long as that's not considered torture. Mills routinely take their 'old stock' to the vet to be put to sleep, or sometimes do it at home with a gun. Maybe if the dogs are lucky, they will be dumped at a shelter, or maybe sold at an auction so other millers can use them again.
It's not just laws about breeding, basically there aren't strong laws for keeping dogs at all here.
Indeed I think that probably more than 90% of dogs brought and sold in the USA are from some type of mill as sold through a pet shop like a chair, or small 'backyard breeder'. What is called a Backyard Breeder means a person who isn't interested in the entire breed, just likes to breed their 1 or 2 or 3 dogs together with neighbor's dog, or owned stud dog, with no care for standards or health. You can even breed non-registered dogs, there are scam registries that will register your dog, even cross breed dog, and almost nobody cares or knows the difference.
But even still, I think it's a little unfair to say that there are NO good breeders in this country.. it takes a lot of digging and a lot of looking, lots of questions. Then maybe, you can find one.
I'm sorry this is so off topic, but it's the truth.. the more I find out about some European standards and laws for breeding and animal keeping, the more awed I am. Unfortunately in many parts of the world, animal keeping is not like that, but yet I think it is possible although difficult to find an acceptable breeder here.
For this reason I completely understand why some foreign breeders who know something about USA rules don't want to send any dog to the USA..
Sorry this is so off topic again.